Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the European Union for dialogue, warning the bloc not to become a “tool for enmities” during escalating tensions over the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey’s deployment of a vessel to search for natural gas in waters claimed by Greece set off a fierce war[…]
The Israeli military has carried out air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip, causing property damage but no casualties, Palestinian media reported. According to Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, Israeli warplanes fired a series of missiles at positions in the western, eastern, and southern part of the strip early[…]
The City of Cape Town says it is determining the cost of damages to municipal property during the EFF protest in Brackenfell on Friday, with the intent of recovering costs through civil action. Initial reports indicate a fire engine was torched, roads and traffic lights were damaged, and a field[…]
A 49-year old man has been arrested in Cape Town on charges of dealing in drugs worth an estimated R100k. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk says members of the central police station were doing visible patrols, stop and searches and focusing on Long Street night clubs for extortion, when they[…]
A 37-year old Sergeant has been arrested on charges of corruption during an operation at the Bellville Police station. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk says an agent attached to the Anti-Corruption Unit Western Cape approached the sergeant, who agreed to take items to a prisoner in the cells, for payment.[…]
During the early hours of Saturday morning [November 21], the City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service responded to a bus that was on fire at the MyCity bus station on Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town. Thanks to a swift response from the Roeland Street and Brooklyn Fire Station teams,[…]
A 36-year-old male from Elsies River has been arrested after the brutal murder of Lauren Braiden on Friday, November 20. The 31-year-old mother of two had just finished her night shift duties at RCL in Epping when the incident occurred. She was waiting for her taxi cab home at the[…]
At least 400 Palestinian children have been arrested by Israeli authorities since the beginning of the year, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PSS) said. In a statement released to mark International Children’s Day which will be marked tomorrow, the PSS stated: “The Israeli occupation authorities have arrested 400 Palestinian children under[…]
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has condemned the statements of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in which he described the movement as “anti-Semitic”. “The administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to discredit the movement,” the BDS movement announced in a press release, of which Anadolu[…]
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has appealed for calm during Friday’s planned protest by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) outside Brackenfell High School in Cape Town. The Commission will also be monitoring events. The SAHRC says the right to protest cannot be exercised in a manner that infringes[…]
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